Improvement in faucets



UNITED STATES CONRAD SOHULLIAN,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN FAUCETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,105, dated July 3,1866.

To ZL whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CONRAD SCHULLIAN, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Faucet; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description thereof, which will the same.

Similar letters of reference' indicate like parts.

This invention relates to an improvement in such faucets as are intendedparticularly to draw liquids from barrels or casks, and which areprovided with a vent, so that the requisite quantity of atmospheric airnds ac cess to the interior of the barrel or cask to cause the liquid toflow.

The invention consists in operating the vent or air-valve by the actionof the handle itself in such manner that by the very act of opening thefaucet the vent is also opened, and by closing the faucet the vent isclosed, and a faucet is obtained which requires no further attentionthan an ordinary faucet, ,and which admits to the barrel or cask therequisite quantity of air to cause the liquid to flow.

A represents a faucet, the plug B of which passes through the shelleither in a vertical or in a lateraldirection, as may be mostconvenient. Said plug is operated by means of a handle, C, which issecured to it in any suitable manner, and from it extends an arm, D, ina direction opposite to that of the handle,

or in any other desirable direction, as shown in the drawings.

When the plug B is turned so as to open the faucet the end of theV arm Dcomes in contact with a button, a, which is mounted on the upper end ofthe stem b of a valve, o, and by depressing said valve the air-channel dis opened, and the atmospheric air is allowed to pass into the barrel orCask to which the faucet is attached.

The valve c is inclosed in a chamber, e, and its seat is made in theinner surface of the cap f of said chamber. A spring, g, acts on it, andhas a tendency to close it, so that when the faucet is closed the valveis also closed, and a premature or untimely discharge of liquid isavoided.

The end of the arm D, which strikes the button a on the top of theValve-stern b, is armed with a friction -roller, 7L, whereby theoperation of the air-valve is facilitated, and the airchannel d extendsfrom the bottom ofthe valvechamber to therear end of the faucet, asclearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

By this arrangement the operation of the air-valve is renderedautomatic,-and my faucet requires no further attention than a faucet ofthe ordinary construction.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Operating theair-valve or Vent of a faucet by the action of the handle, which servesto open and close the plug, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

CONRAD SOHULLIAN.

Witnesses M. M. LIVINGSTON, WM. DEAN OVERELL.

